Re: Cable modem, Debian firewall/proxy and home PC's - advice!

1999-04-30 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:50:28 -0800, Hogland, Thomas E. wrote: >ipfwadmin might be enough, put 2 NIC's in it and connect the second one to >my hub and the other PC's. Sound practical? Completely. The only pitfall I can see on people helping you i

Cable modem, Debian firewall/proxy and home PC's - advice!

1999-04-30 Thread Hogland, Thomas E.
Well, I've finally graduated to cable-modem, and picked up a PC to hopefully use as firewall/proxy/whatever (our cable modems are notoriously insecure). Someone have advice on how to do this - tips/tricks/pitfalls? Maybe a good idea of which readme's and howto's to use? I'm not bad at config, but t

Apache and SSI

1999-04-30 Thread Akop Pogosian
Ok, I have installed the apache package from slink, run apacheconfig, used default answer for all questions. Now, I need to use server side includes. I looked in config files, everything looks Ok, and yet SSI does not seem to work. Is there anything else I have to do to the default slink apache set

Re: Broken libtiff3g-dev

1999-04-30 Thread Jason Murray
On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 05:29:51PM -0400, Ian Peters wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 10:28:21PM -0400, James Mastros wrote: > > Looking at libtiff3g-dev's postinst, it's trivial -- and it appears that it > > will die with error if /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse dosn't exist or "$1" != > > configure. I've

Re: email from cracklib cron

1999-04-30 Thread Pete Harlan
> I'm not clear on when its ok to upload a fix to a stable > distribution. This is clearly not a security issue or even > a serious problem. Would it still be appropriate to upload > to slink? It's the eternal debate about what the word 'stable' means in a software distribution. One definition

Re: email from cracklib cron

1999-04-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On 29 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > My question is why hasn't this been fixed? Or perhaps it has and > somehow my system just isn't up-to-date? Or was it deemed too simple a > fix to warrant a new version of cracklib-runtime? It has been fixed and uploaded to potato. There has since been

Mitsumi

1999-04-30 Thread uwe
Help - S.O.S I'm trying to install 2.0 from a CD that I got from Kelly Data. The instalation goes fine until I run dselect. I can choose my installation medium just fine. Then I can go through and pick all my packages. But then when I choose INSTALL, the CD spins for a minute and then I get th

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 11:50:43AM +0200, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: > Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot > my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I > would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). > > My question is: > > H

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, bradleyb wrote: > I don't believe there is an SMB client for DOS or Win3x... There would be > if M$ had any respect for their customer base, but > If you have Windows for Workgroups available, I believe that can act as an > SMB client. > As for dos, I would suggest looking

Re: maintainer of CD images

1999-04-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 12:23:21PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > There are only very minor changes that have been made from 2.1r0 to 2.1r2; > there are bigger changes planned for 2.1r3 and there will be updated CD > images to go with that... Gack! I didn't even know we'd done r1 yet! Where are

Re: What is gnome-stage-2 (was Re: Apt is misbehaving)

1999-04-30 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 30 Apr, Jason Murray wrote about "What is gnome-stage-2 (was Re: Apt is misbehaving)" > On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 03:01:40AM +, Stuart Ballard wrote: > My "apt" and "dpkg" seem to be very confused. >> it appeared, and also added the gnome-stage-2 url (I don't mind a bit of > > What is th

RE: installing on nameless CDROM

1999-04-30 Thread Marlon Urias
Thanks for the help! I knew I'd get hell asking a Win question on this list but the fact remains that this list is read by some of the best computer people I've known and my question got answered within the hour. Again sorry to all the offended parties.marlon On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, D

Re: rvplayer working?

1999-04-30 Thread Richard Hall
I'm having the same problem. I just reinstalled rvplayer from debian.org as per the instructions, which included upgrading to xlib6g and reinstalling netscape, but I'm pretty much right where I was before: if I click on a .ram link, the RealPlayer pops up, but never does anything. I can run the l

What is gnome-stage-2 (was Re: Apt is misbehaving)

1999-04-30 Thread Jason Murray
On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 03:01:40AM +, Stuart Ballard wrote: My "apt" and "dpkg" seem to be very confused. > it appeared, and also added the gnome-stage-2 url (I don't mind a bit of What is this? I'd like to install gnome, but would rather not compile it if I don't have to. -- /-

Re: Internet connection

1999-04-30 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> > try running wvdialconf and reentering the values, then run wvdial to > connect to the internet. that's how I do it. > > -Jeremiah Johnson That would work, but he needs wvdial first, since program is not included in the base installation. Though , after he tries pon and turns out that some

Re: kernel 2.2.6

1999-04-30 Thread Peter Allen
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 04:16:40PM -0400, Allan M. Wind wrote: > > On 1999-04-27 18:53, Peter Allen wrote: > > > > > It is because on i386 machines the processor boots in real > > > mode, which is limited to the (in)famous 640Kb. > > > > (I am quite sure that) the 640 k l

changing default font for enlightenment

1999-04-30 Thread Micha Feigin
How do i change the default font that enlightenment uses for menus, window titles and such? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Possible problem with xlock and xscreensaver on potato

1999-04-30 Thread Carl Johnson
"Charles E. Suprin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > My machine using potato is configured so that the xscreensaver turns on > when I am inactive. However there are other times when I use xlock to > lock the display manually. When I do this xscreensaver kicks on and I > am forced to en

keyboard configuration (XKB)

1999-04-30 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm looking to change the keyboard configuration (add the hebrew character set to it). What program can create the configuration file, and how do i load it? Thanx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Broken libtiff3g-dev

1999-04-30 Thread Ian Peters
On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 10:28:21PM -0400, James Mastros wrote: > Looking at libtiff3g-dev's postinst, it's trivial -- and it appears that it > will die with error if /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse dosn't exist or "$1" != > configure. I've filed a bug against libtiff3g-dev; it will probably be > fixed short

KDE/Qt .deb package problems

1999-04-30 Thread William R Pentney
I get the following error when I attempt to run kmedia in KDE: libkfile.so.2:undefined symbol: __pure_virtual According to the kde-user list archives, this is the fault of the Debian package, which apparently does not support any version of Qt other than that in the 1.42-1 .deb package.(I have 1

Re: rvplayer working?

1999-04-30 Thread Immanuel Yap
On Fri Apr 30, 1999, Timothy Hospedales wrote: > Hi! Has anyone got the RealVideo player to work? > I got the .rpm package from www.real.com and debianized it with alien and then > installed it. Then I set it up with netscape as per instructions. (It didn't > come with the .class files for the plug

Re: ~/.xawtv file anyone?... Help...

1999-04-30 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > Can anyone attach a working ~/.xawtv file? I'm having a hell of a time > figuring out which options I need to make it work correctly... I live in the > US (CA) and can't figure out what TV type I use, etc. Help... Thanks... > > NatePuri > Certifi

Re: LILO - System.map conflict

1999-04-30 Thread rir
On 30 Apr 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > So it looks like the kernel *does* need this file. What's the function > and why did it work without it? > If I recall correctly If I recall correctly the map file is used to provide symbolic identifiers for debugging kernels. So the kernel needs this to

Re: Buggy kernel-sources package in Debian 2.1?

1999-04-30 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
> > Has anyone experienced this? If I untar the tar file manually, what are the > required simlinks I need to create (like /usr/src/linux)? you will have to do just this : untar it and create this symbolic link.

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread bradleyb
Yes, I have been corrected in this respect. Sorry for the inadvertent FUD. -Brad On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Jeremiah Johnson wrote: > Windows for Workgroups has SMB clients packaged in, but DOS does not. > There ARE dos clients packaged with Windows NT Server, however. I'm no > fan of windows, and I

Re: Linux experts

1999-04-30 Thread Christopher J. Morrone
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Brian Schramm wrote: > OK, now I have your attention. > > I want to set up an ocational private connection between work and home acrosed > the net. I have ssh on both computers but I do not know if that is all I > need. > > I will be using it to transfer files and do manua

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread Jeremiah Johnson
Windows for Workgroups has SMB clients packaged in, but DOS does not. There ARE dos clients packaged with Windows NT Server, however. I'm no fan of windows, and I am not defending it, I just believe in giving correct information whenever possible. -Jeremiah Johnson On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, bradleyb

Re: Internet connection

1999-04-30 Thread Jeremiah Johnson
try running wvdialconf and reentering the values, then run wvdial to connect to the internet. that's how I do it. -Jeremiah Johnson On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Alessandro Giacomin wrote: > Hi everybody, I'm a brand new user of Linux and I have a very simple > question (for you, but not for me...). I

Re: installing on nameless CDROM

1999-04-30 Thread shaleh
> > IF given an old 486 with a blank HD and the CDROM has no manufacturer > name on it, how do you install something like Win 95 that does not come > on a bootable CD? I mean I could setup the CD via autoexec.bat and > config.sys on a DOS boot disk but those assume that I have the right > driver.

rvplayer working?

1999-04-30 Thread Timothy Hospedales
Hi! Has anyone got the RealVideo player to work? I got the .rpm package from www.real.com and debianized it with alien and then installed it. Then I set it up with netscape as per instructions. (It didn't come with the .class files for the plugin; so I had to get those from the .tgz archive).

installing on nameless CDROM

1999-04-30 Thread Marlon Urias
IF given an old 486 with a blank HD and the CDROM has no manufacturer name on it, how do you install something like Win 95 that does not come on a bootable CD? I mean I could setup the CD via autoexec.bat and config.sys on a DOS boot disk but those assume that I have the right driver. Is there a un

~/.xawtv file anyone?... Help...

1999-04-30 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Can anyone attach a working ~/.xawtv file? I'm having a hell of a time figuring out which options I need to make it work correctly... I live in the US (CA) and can't figure out what TV type I use, etc. Help... Thanks... NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of La

Re: Trackball problem on a laptop install

1999-04-30 Thread shaleh
> > Sorry, this is possibly a repeat post, but I lost a few days of the list due > to an email problem. > > I have Slink installed on a Zenith Z-Noteflex 486 laptop. I want to set up > an X server, but in the Mouse config portion of XF86Setup, I can't seem to > get the trackball to respond. I've

Trackball problem on a laptop install

1999-04-30 Thread Paul Schwebel
Sorry, this is possibly a repeat post, but I lost a few days of the list due to an email problem. I have Slink installed on a Zenith Z-Noteflex 486 laptop. I want to set up an X server, but in the Mouse config portion of XF86Setup, I can't seem to get the trackball to respond. I've tried all the d

Re: help: ppp w/kernel 2.2.x

1999-04-30 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 30 Apr, John Hasler wrote about "Re: help: ppp w/kernel 2.2.x" > Brian Servis writes: >> I do think it is a kernel issue though since I did not have these >> problems with 2.0.36. > > I'm running 2.3.7 with 2.0.36 and I also am not seeing these problems. So then the question is...How do we

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ? Date: Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 03:11:35PM +0200 In reply to:Khalid EZZARAOUI Quoting Khalid EZZARAOUI([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > thanks. > > I try what you say, but I would like to see the output in the same time > (during the > upg

Re: Printer stopped working with Kernel 2.2

1999-04-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Printer stopped working with Kernel 2.2 Date: Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 02:44:45PM +0200 In reply to:Frank Barknecht Have you changed /etc/printcap entries to reflect the change from lp1, as used in the 2.0.34 Kernel, to the lp0 used in the 2.2.x kernels? Quoting Frank Bark

KDE and a non PnP AWE32

1999-04-30 Thread Jayson Baird
Has anyone ever successfully used the AWE32 drivers on a Debian system running X w/ KDE? ANY info for setting this up would be greatly appreciated. "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you..." -Walt Disney [E

Re: mod_roaming questions

1999-04-30 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Ben Frame wrote: > Hello, > > I'm relatively new to apache, but I'm trying to setup a roaming access > server with Potato. I thought I had set it up correctly but it doesn't > seem to be working. Maybe one of you apache studs can help out. Here's > the story: > > I setup a machine with potato.

Re: .xsession in xdm session

1999-04-30 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
>-Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi all, > I installed a Debian Linux Sun Port in a Sparc 4 here at school, but > some people have a .xsession file that is not executable because they use > Solaris and some program set this file. But they cant log in xdm

Re: Internet connection

1999-04-30 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Use pppconfig to setup the file for your ISP. Give it a name, say File, then in shell do 'pon File'. You should hear click as your modem initializes. TO monitor the modem progress (connection, and such), use 'plog' About sound card: You need to recompile kernel to include sound support. You get al

Re: Installation on an i386 with *only* 40 Mb HDD

1999-04-30 Thread Kenneth Scharf
> If you can >spring for a bigger disk (100MB would be ample) then >Debian is within >your >reach. All Electronics Inc. has used 100mb drives for sale at $9.99 (US) each. === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . __

Re: help: ppp w/kernel 2.2.x

1999-04-30 Thread John Hasler
Brian Servis writes: > I do think it is a kernel issue though since I did not have these > problems with 2.0.36. I'm running 2.3.7 with 2.0.36 and I also am not seeing these problems. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Bob Hilliard
Peter Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:48:49 +0200, Khalid EZZARAOUI <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> said: > > Khalid> did someone know if apt-get keep it's output somewhere, or the way to > do > Khalid> it ? > Khalid> because the long list of thing to do during

Re: LILO - System.map conflict

1999-04-30 Thread Arcady Genkin
Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Apr 29 15:02:56 main kernel: Cannot find map file. > > Apr 29 15:02:56 main kernel: Loaded 51 symbols from 4 modules. > > Apr 29 15:02:56 main kernel: Linux version 2.2.6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc > > version 2.7.2.3) #1 Tue Apr 20 22:43:57 EDT 1999 > >

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread bradleyb
MS networking for DOS -- well, I'll be damned! Too bad I didn't know about that when it would have been useful. -Brad On 30 Apr 1999, Jean L Francois wrote: > The clients to do SMB for DOS and multiple win and os/2: > > ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/Clients/ > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: DMA memory shortage

1999-04-30 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, John Leget wrote: > Running 2.2.6-ac2, potato , ASUS P2B-DS Dual 450, 128Mb, SCSI Disks ,IDE > CDROM (hda ),ZIP (hdc) > > In my continuing crusade to get info from my CDROM for mp3's :), ive > just come across the following > > Apr 28 21:33:22 gabriel kernel: DMA memory shor

Linux experts

1999-04-30 Thread Brian Schramm
OK, now I have your attention. I want to set up an ocational private connection between work and home acrosed the net. I have ssh on both computers but I do not know if that is all I need. I will be using it to transfer files and do manual configuration mostly. Since I will be working with root

Re: 1.6 gig hard drive addition

1999-04-30 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Chuck Lackey wrote: > I now have a 1.6 gig hd to add to my Linux (test) box. This is an old > 486 mb without LBA mode. All the drives (as yet) installed are 540 M or > less. Can I add the 1.6 G without ontrack or similar programs? > This isn't intended (at this time) to be a b

Re: Internet connection

1999-04-30 Thread Ian Keith Setford
I assume you are using pppconfig to set up the dialing. When it asks for a name for the connection give it a name. After everything else is OK type this at a root prompt: pon (where XXX is the name you gave the connection) and your modem should start-up. HTH. -Ian On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Al

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread Jean L Francois
The clients to do SMB for DOS and multiple win and os/2: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/Clients/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/30/99 09:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: Jean L Francois) Subject:Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11 I don't believ

X 3.3.3 scratch

1999-04-30 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
perhaps a bug : after installing the last X 3.3.3.1-1 package from debian with dselect+apt, I can't run XF86Setup : sometime I get a segmentation fault some time it works for 1 minute, and it scratch when I click in the card button. I can solve it a little by using : xf86config I have :

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Alexandre DEVAURE wrote: > Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system = > now so the file names can changed. > In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line = > "xdm-start" or "start-xdm". Change it in "no-xdm-start" or = > "no-start-xdm" or comme

Re: ftp of complicated directory structure (with tmp simlinks)

1999-04-30 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 30 Apr, Richard Harran wrote about "ftp of complicated directory structure (with tmp simlinks)" > I am trying to completely copy a complicated directory structure using > ftp. It has four levels of directories, all with lots of branches. I Package: wget Status: install ok installed Priori

Re: ftp of complicated directory structure (with tmp simlinks)

1999-04-30 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Richard Harran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am trying to completely copy a complicated directory structure using | ftp. It has four levels of directories, all with lots of branches. I | have a root directory on the target machine, and want to create the | directory structure, and copy all the

Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread bradleyb
I don't believe there is an SMB client for DOS or Win3x... There would be if M$ had any respect for their customer base, but If you have Windows for Workgroups available, I believe that can act as an SMB client. As for dos, I would suggest looking into NCP, i.e. the NetWare protocol. You could

Internet connection

1999-04-30 Thread Alessandro Giacomin
Hi everybody, I'm a brand new user of Linux and I have a very simple question (for you, but not for me...). I've installed Debian distribution and when required I've entered my ISP connection data. Now the question is (don't laugh please): how do I connect to the Internet? I've tried typing pppon b

Re: Exim Filter

1999-04-30 Thread Roy-Anders Larsen
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Chris Hoover wrote: > 2. How can I have exim dump any mail that passes through all my filters into > a > special misc folder? I don't want any mail to end up in my > /var/spool/mail/user file. Put at the end of your exim filter (.forward) file: if not delivered then sa

Re: LILO - System.map conflict

1999-04-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: LILO - System.map conflict Date: Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 08:20:59PM -0400 In reply to:Arcady Genkin Quoting Arcady Genkin([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [ snip] > > I find the discussion about the system.map file interesting as I have > > no problem with new kernels on any of th

ftp of complicated directory structure (with tmp simlinks)

1999-04-30 Thread Richard Harran
I am trying to completely copy a complicated directory structure using ftp. It has four levels of directories, all with lots of branches. I have a root directory on the target machine, and want to create the directory structure, and copy all the files into the right places. I have tried filerunn

Re: Looking for a good book...

1999-04-30 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
I found O'Reilly's book: Running Linux, written by Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman a very useful book. It is not a specail debian book. It is about Linux in general. I am also quite new to Linux (my first contact with Linux was in februari of this year) and I have learned a lot from the book. I hope

Re: help: ppp w/kernel 2.2.x

1999-04-30 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 30 Apr, Robert V. MacQuarrie wrote about "Re: help: ppp w/kernel 2.2.x" > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Try going back to a previous version of ppp. I installed 2.3.7-3, and my ppp >>broke completely. Going back to whatever version came with hamm or slink >>fixed my trouble

RE: silly mouse question

1999-04-30 Thread Michael Stenner
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > > It claims that /dev/psaux is not a >> directory (which I agree with :) ). Sorry I didn't mention it >> > [Person, Roderick] > This sound like the you need to make the device, although I have to >say I never had this proble

what happened to courtney?

1999-04-30 Thread Daryl Williams
folks, i am building a new firewall machine and in the process discovered that courteny is no longer available as a debian package? can someone verify this, or did i miss something? also am looking for recommendations on intrusion detection software, if y'all know of any... thanks in advance, /

Glide packages

1999-04-30 Thread M.C. Vernon
Hi, are the glide libraries packaged for debian? It seems that at one point mesag3-glide and mesag-glide-dev were available, but no longer. Or am I missing something? Thamks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Sup

Looking for a good book...

1999-04-30 Thread Matthew Roberts
Hi, I'm a Debian Newbie (just installed my first system yesterday). I'm looking for a good Linux book, preferably something specifically for Debian. I would like the purchase to benefit Debian. I saw the Debian User's Guide at debian.org. Is that basically all there is? If I buy it does any o

RE: silly mouse question

1999-04-30 Thread Person, Roderick
> It claims that /dev/psaux is not a > directory (which I agree with :) ). Sorry I didn't mention it > [Person, Roderick] This sound like the you need to make the device, although I have to say I never had this problem, with a mouse of having to make the device. I'

Re: pppd can't find Ethernet address for proxy ARP

1999-04-30 Thread John Hasler
Pedro writes: > Everytime I launch pppd with the pon command I see that the log file > reports something like "Can't determine Ethernet address for proxy ARP." Edit /etc/ppp/options and comment out the proxyarp option by putting a '#' in front of it. Let me know if this helps. -- John Hasler [EM

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/30/99 8:03:30 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system now so > the file names can changed. > In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line "xdm- > start" or "start-xd

Programming with QT

1999-04-30 Thread MallarJ
For those interested, this came over the KDE list today - it's yet another O'Reilly & Associates book - this one on programming with the QT libraries... http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prowqt/ "Programming with Qt" By Matthias Kalle Dalheimer 1st Edition April 1999

Re: [Thanks] Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Thanks guys!

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/30/99 4:46:11 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my > computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would > like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). > > My

Re: BLAS library?

1999-04-30 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary L. Hennigan) writes: | "Thomas Gebhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Is there still not a package available that contains the BLAS library? | | > The fact that LAPACK is there is great, but I need BLAS too. I realize | | > there's an optimized PPro version of the BLAS

RE: silly mouse question

1999-04-30 Thread Michael Stenner
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: >I have to say that using the gpm autodetect never worked for me. > >Just type in the mouse type and info yourself Just use /dev/psaux for the >mouse type. I did that, actually, with no luck. It claims that /dev/psaux is not a directory (which I agre

Re: BLAS library?

1999-04-30 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Thomas Gebhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > Is there still not a package available that contains the BLAS library? | > The fact that LAPACK is there is great, but I need BLAS too. I realize | > there's an optimized PPro version of the BLAS library, but this is for | > light development work

mod_roaming questions

1999-04-30 Thread Ben Frame
Hello, I'm relatively new to apache, but I'm trying to setup a roaming access server with Potato. I thought I had set it up correctly but it doesn't seem to be working. Maybe one of you apache studs can help out. Here's the story: I setup a machine with potato. Then I installed the apache pac

Re: libc6(-dev) version problem in slink

1999-04-30 Thread Chris Gray
Thanks for your reply. Yes, you're right, I was accidentally mixing hamm and slink because the mirror site I was using still has slink as frozen and hamm as current. I used slink base disks and then selected "current" not realizing this was taking me to the hamm packages and so I was getting vers

RE: silly mouse question

1999-04-30 Thread Person, Roderick
I have to say that using the gpm autodetect never worked for me. Just type in the mouse type and info yourself Just use /dev/psaux for the mouse type. I never used XF86Setup. Didn't like it. I prefer xf86config, much better! Try that and use the same driver for the mouse. > -Original Mess

silly mouse question

1999-04-30 Thread Michael Stenner
At least I hope it's silly Installing 2.1_r0 and I have a PS/2 mouse (says so on the mouse) plugged onto the PS/2 port on the box. Problem is, neither gpm nor X seem to be happy with it (i.e. see it at all) gpm's "autodetect" promptly rules out ALL possibilities claiming they have a different "r

FW: Microsoft Restaurant...Just some Microsoft humor

1999-04-30 Thread Person, Roderick
> > If Restaurants Functioned Like Microsoft... > Patron: Waiter! > Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support. > Waiter. What seems to be the problem? > Patron: There's a fly in my soup! > Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time. > Patron: No, it's still there.

slrnpull - a security risk?

1999-04-30 Thread Johann Spies
I can only use slrnpull as root. Is it safe? Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 33

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Kirk Hogenson
You could use tail -f in a different window: xterm #1> apt-get upgrade >output.txt 2>&1 xterm #2> tail -f output.txt or maybe in the same window by backgrounding the first. Or, you could use tee: apt-get upgrade 2>&1 | tee output.txt | tee Kirk Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > > thanks. > > I t

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Carl Mummert
> I used the script utility from the bsdutils package but would be > interested in a more readable solution cause script reports all control > characters as well. This is the best way to capture output froma program. While I am unsure about apt, some other programs are immune to shell

pppd can't find Ethernet address for proxy ARP

1999-04-30 Thread pedro . i . sanchez
Hello, Everytime I launch pppd with the pon command I see that the log file reports something like "Can't determine Ethernet address for proxy ARP." So far I've been unable to connect my home network to my ISP using IPMasquarade and the only reason I can think of is this proxy ARP problem with

Buggy kernel-sources package in Debian 2.1?

1999-04-30 Thread pedro . i . sanchez
Hello, I'm trying to install the kernel-source-2.0.36 package from the 2.1 distribution. I call dpkg -i and everything seems to work fine, no errors are reported. However, when dpkg is done I look at /usr/src and it doesn't have the source tree or any of the simlinks; the only thing I see is a

Re: Possible problem with xlock and xscreensaver on potato

1999-04-30 Thread Andreas Persenius
Quoting Charles E. Suprin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > My machine using potato is configured so that the xscreensaver turns on > when I am inactive. However there are other times when I use xlock to > lock the display manually. When I do this xscreensaver kicks on and I > am forced to enter my passwor

Re: email from cracklib cron

1999-04-30 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary L. Hennigan) wrote: | > I have a system that I hadn't bothered adding "> dev/null" to the | > appropriate place in /etc/cron.daily/cracklib to avoid the email | > (slink distribution). It's on a seldom used system and I just neve

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
thanks. I try what you say, but I would like to see the output in the same time (during the upgrade) in my terminal that it is save in the file.

RE: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Alexandre DEVAURE
Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system now so the file names can changed. In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line "xdm-start" or "start-xdm". Change it in "no-xdm-start" or "no-start-xdm" or comment out it. When the script /etc/init.d/x

Printer stopped working with Kernel 2.2

1999-04-30 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hi all, I upgraded from kernel 2.0.34 to kernel 2.2.4 which came on my Debian-CDs. Now printing has stopped. I compiled lp and parport as modules, changed the printcap to point to /dev/lp0 instead of lp1. The printer (Nec Silentwriter2 S60P - Postscript) seems to get some data because it display

Re: PHP3+MySQL problems

1999-04-30 Thread Remco van de Meent
Chris wrote: > Hi. Well, I seem to be having problems getting PHP to recognize that I > have mysql support in place. When I try to view a document with a > mysql_connect() function in it, I get: > > Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_connect() > in /home/cmayes/public_

Re: Installation on an i386 with *only* 40 Mb HDD

1999-04-30 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote: > I'm trying to install debian on an ancient 386, with 8 Mb RAM, and a > 40Mb Hard Disk. I'm running into problems, as the HDD is *very* small. I managed to get Debian on a 386/6MB, but it had two 40MB drives. As others have advised, you're lik

Re: SB16 Vibra Pnp PCI

1999-04-30 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
J'ai la meme carte et noyau 2.2.5. pour que ca marche j'ai : tout le son en modules dans la config cocher : OSS sound modules 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support

Re: SB16 Vibra Pnp PCI

1999-04-30 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
J'ai la meme carte et noyau 2.2.5. pour que ca marche j'ai : tout le son en modules dans la config cocher : OSS sound modules 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support

Re: libc6(-dev) version problem in slink

1999-04-30 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Chris Gray wrote: > I've been having a problem installing Debian standard packages. > > The version of libc6 installed from the base diskettes was 2.0.7v-1 but > the version of libc6-dev listed as available from the ftp site is 2.0.7t-1 This is strange. In slink, libc6 and

Possible problem with xlock and xscreensaver on potato

1999-04-30 Thread Charles E. Suprin
Hello, My machine using potato is configured so that the xscreensaver turns on when I am inactive. However there are other times when I use xlock to lock the display manually. When I do this xscreensaver kicks on and I am forced to enter my password twice. The problem is that a plaintext copy

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Peter Weiss
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:48:49 +0200, Khalid EZZARAOUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: Khalid> did someone know if apt-get keep it's output somewhere, or the way to do Khalid> it ? Khalid> because the long list of thing to do during the install ? Khalid> I try : Khalid> apt-g

Re: how to keep output of apt-get in a file ?

1999-04-30 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > did someone know if apt-get keep it's output somewhere, or the way to do > it ? > because the long list of thing to do during the install ? > > I try : > apt-get upgrade 1>&2 apt-get_output.txt > but I don't see what is wrong. > > thanks. Try:

[THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11

1999-04-30 Thread Jose L Gomez Dans
Hi! First of all, thanks to all those who guided me into the depths of installing Linux into an archaic i386 with only 40 megs hard drive. This has been accomplished, and it is now acting as a printer server). My question is: it's easy enough to connect a win 95/8 machine to this

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